This book focuses on families and their changes in Taiwan and
China. Traditional notions of what constitutes a family have been
changing in China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. The chapters
in this book provide interesting methodological and substantive
contributions to the discourse on family and social change in
Chinese societies. They also underscore the implications of the
various social changes in Chinese families. Written by Chinese and
Western scholars, they provide an unprecedented overview of what is
known about the effects of social change on Chinese families.
One might think that defining a family is an easy task because
the family is so significant to society and is universal. The
family is the first place we learn culture, norms, values, and
gender roles. Families exist in all societies throughout the world;
but their constitution differs. In the past several decades there
have been many changes in the family in Taiwan and China. For
instance, whereas in the West, we use a bilineal system of descent
in which descent is traced through both the mother s side and the
father s side of the family, in many parts of China, descent is
patrilineal, although this is changing, and China and Taiwan are
starting to assume a family constitution similar to that in the
West. This and other issues are discussed in great detail in this
book. Indeed it is the very nature of the differences that
motivated the writing of this book on changing families in Taiwan
and China.
The chapters in "Part I: The Family in Taiwan and China "focus
on the basic family issues in Taiwan and China that provide the
groundwork for many of the chapters that follow. Chapter 1 is about
the distribution of resources in the family in Taiwan. Chapter 2
focuses on filial piety and the autonomous development of
adolescents in the Taiwanese family, and Chapter 3 explores the
important issue of family poverty in Taiwan. Chapter 4 moves away
from Taiwan and looks at several issues of family growth and change
in Hong Kong, noting the interesting similarities and differences
between Hong Kong and China.
"Part II: Issues of Marriage, the Family and Fertility in Taiwan
and China" focuses specifically on marriage, family and fertility.
In Chapter 5 the authors discuss the relationships between marital
status, socioeconomic status and the subjective well-being among
women in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Chapter 6 describes patterns of
sexual activity in China and the United States. Chapter 7 considers
gender imbalances in Taiwan and their impact on the marriage
market. Chapter 8 also focuses on Taiwan and examines the effects
of mothers attitudes on daughters interaction with their
mothers-in-law. Chapter 9 compares female and male fertility trends
and changes in Taiwan.
"Part III: Children and the Family in East Asia and in Western
Countries" consists of comparative studies of the family and
children. Chapter 10 examines the dynamics of grandparents caring
for children in China. Chapter 11 explores family values and
parent-child interaction in Taiwan. Chapter 12 examines the
significant amount of diversity among families in contemporary
Taiwan. Chapter 13 describes adolescent development in Taiwan.
Chapter 14 examines the impact of son preference on fertility in
China, South Korea and the United States. And Chapter 15 explores
the determinants of intergenerational support in Taiwan.
The final chapter in our book, the only chapter in "Part IV: The
Family and the Future in Taiwan," examines the future of the family
in Taiwan with respect especially to the marriage market and aged
dependency."
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